Minority Business Enterprise MBE Program

1
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program

• Luwanda W. Jenkins
• Special Secretary
• Governors Office of Minority Affairs

2
MBE Program

• What it is!
• How it works!

3
MBE Program Overview

• 70 State agencies and Departments participate
• Governor and the General Assembly extended until
  2011 per 2005 State Disparity Study
• 25 goal of the value of procurement awards

4
MBE vs. SBR Program

• Goal Based vs. Set-aside
• Sub-contracting vs. Prime Contracting
• Race Neutral vs. Narrowly Tailored
• Awards vs. Payments
• Unlimited vs. limited competition

5
What does Certification Involve?

• Significant effort!
• Visit www.MDOT.state.md.us
• Hundreds of pages of documentation
• Interview
• Site Visit
• Ownership and Control

6
More on Certification

• Must re-certify by anniversary date
• Must report any change in ownership
• Value of Certification

7
Who Can Get Certified?

• Ethnic Minorities
• Women
• Selected Non-profits
• Net worth under 1.5 million or 750k
• Under SBA size standards

8
Goal Setting

• Procurement Review Group
• Sub-contracting friendly
• MBE opportunities
• Goals and sub-goals
• 25 agency goal--not per procurement

9
Waivers

• Purpose
• Good or Bad
• Good faith effort
• Essential to program success

10
Who are the players?

• MDOT
• Procurement Officer
• MBE Liaison
• Project Manager
• Office of Minority Affairs

• Prime contractors (MBE or non-MBE)
• MBE sub-contractors

11
MBE Program

• What it is!
• How it works!

12
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program

• Governors Office of Minority Affairs
• 410.767.8232
• www.MDminorityBusiness.com